Christopher Turner, is the CEO of Grace Animation Studios, LLC and is also the creator of the Avenging Apes of Africa. God gave Christopher this dream about the Avenging Apes over 14 years ago. Turner for more than 4 years developed the story and characters, and also learned about the animation business, writing, character models, storyboards and much more. Turner then introduced the Avenging Apes to two of his associates then they together took this dream to another level. Through patience, perseverance and faith Christopher is now seeing his dream come true as he expects kids all around the world to fall in love with the Avenging Apes of Africa and AvengingApes.Com. When not writing stories about the Avenging Apes, Christopher enjoys reading about animals, cartoons and books of the Bible. Christopher also loves spending time with his family and church. Some of his other favorite activities are fishing, weight lifting and cardio-fitness.

Christopher's Words of encouragement are
"Never ever give up
and always give it your best in whatever you do".

David Harris is the President of Grace Animation Studios. David came to Grace Animation Studios in February 2004 and is very excited to be a part of a company that “is bigger than myself.” In his freetime David enjoys fishing. David is married to his beautiful wife, Dana, with whom he has three children: Lexi, Krista, and Holli.

David’s words of encouragement are
“Success is not a destination,
but it’s what we do and
how we act on our journey.”

Dan DeForest is the Art Director of Grace Animation Studios, LLC. Dan came to Grace Animation Studios, LLC. 1996 and developed all of the art drawings of the Avenging Apes and all of the other characters. Dan loves to draw and he also does sculpting and painting. Dan enjoys creating different drawings of the Avenging Apes and other cast members. Dan has been drawing since he was very very young. Some of his favorite things to do when not working the Avenging Apes is draw, draw and draw...although he does some painting.

His words of wisdom are
"Draw, draw and draw...paint some too!"

John Celestri is Vice President of Animation at Grace Animation Studios, LLC. He is also the principal animator behind The Avenging Apes of Africa, guiding and directing the development of all animation properties owned by the studio. A 30-year veteran of the animation industry, John learned the basics of classical 2D animation from some of the best animators who drew for Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Max Fleischer and Terrytoons—all famous animation studios of the 1930s through 1960s.

For John, the best part of his job is “not only making characters move and act in funny ways, but also in having the chance to reveal the depth and souls of cartoon characters and have them act in ways that can be related to by kids in all parts of the world.”

John’s words of encouragement are
“ Never sell yourself short.
You can’t reach a goal
if you don’t take that first step.”